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TO ALI..V WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, HENRY KINDoN` TAYLOR, of King street, Covent Garden, in the county of Middlesex, and Kingdom of' Great Britain, have invented certain new'and useful improvements in Indicators: and Fastenings for Water-Closets and other purposes, of which the following is a full, cleaigand exact description, refclw ence beinghad to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this speciiioation, and in which- Figure 1 represents an exterior view of portion oi' a door and its jamb. with my improvement `applied to it. Figure 2, an interior view thereof. Figure 8, a. horizontal section of the same, and I Figure 4 an interior view, showing a. modification of my improvement. Like letters indicate corresponding -partsrthronghout the several 'figuresv vIt is well known that delicate and nervous persons experience considerable annoyance from the frequent dii'culty which arises in ascertaining whether a closet or other private room is occupied or not, and also, when occupying the same', in being subject to the attempts of others to enter the same, and the nature of my invention consists in the application of 'an indicator or signal to such room or places, and so combined or connected with the fasteningito the door thereof as that the placing or setting of the indicator or signal may be rendered compulsory on the part of the person when entering a closet or other private room also, preferably,l whereby the removal or withdrawal of the signal or indicator is `self-acting outhe person opening the door to leave the closet or room, by which means it canV at all times be ascertained whether a closet or other private room" is occupied, without trying whether the door is fastened or not.

A simple mode of carrying out my invention consists in mounting asliding door, shutter, or screen in a suitable frame, to close an aperture or`window formed Ain the door, wall, or other part of a closet, or other private room or place to which my invention `is applied. When the closet or room is unoccupied, the slidingdoor, screen, or shutter is kept hack`by an Indiarubber spring., or by other means, so as to uncover the apcrture or window, through which the interior can be seen. To the sliding-door or shutter a catch, latch-bolt, or other fastening is applied, which is the means employed for fastening the door of the room or closet when occupied, the act-of fastening the door being also the means of closing the aperture or window by closing or drawing the screen or shutter over it,V the word engaged, or other suitable device thereon, indicating to those outside that the place is occupied. The unfnstening of the bolt, also, when the room is unoccupied, may, if desired, be made similarly to display the word vacant, disengaged, or othcrsuitable device.

I would remark that I do not confine myself to the precise arrangements herein described7 as various con-l trivances, substantially of similar character, or in accordance with thc'principle of my invention, muy be adopted for indicating the occupation or otherwise of such closets or rooms.A The accompanying drawing, however, will sniiice to show how this, my invention, may be carried into eilect.

Referring, rstly, to figs. 1, 2, and 31 represents portion of a closet or room door, and B i-rsjamb. Pivoted, say, to the inside ofthe door, as at a, is a lever, C, working within or swinging between rim projections or stops b, and carrying at its one end a sliding-catch or bolt, c, preferably shot by a spring' into lock with a socket-plate, d, in the jamb', on closing to the door, and drawn out of lock when unfastening to open the door bymeans of a slide, e. The opposite end of this lever C carries indicating plates or transparenciesfg, having on them, say, the words engaged and Vvacant either one of which is brought over an aperture or window, h, in the door, accordingly as the latter is fastened or unfnstenehthcv closing of the door and shooting of4 the bolt into lock exposing the word engaged, while the unfnstcning of the bolt, causing the lever at its signal end to drop, displays the word,vac'ant. -In fig. 4 is shown substantially the same construction, similar parts being referred to by .like letters,l but the'lever C is here shown to carry onlyonc indicating platc,f, with the word engaged upon it, which is `displayed through the window .or aperturcon the bolt beingsliot to fasten the door, but drops and is clear from exposure onilniastening the same, so as to indicate that thecloset or room is unoccupied. Any suitable form of fastening or bolt may be used, and the indicator operated by it be differently hung and arranged. I

What claim as my invention, anfl desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the latch, bolt, or fastening to the door, of an indicator made visible from the cxtc rior by theaction of the fastening, substantially as and for the purpose or purposes herein set forth. v

HENRY K. TAYLOR.

Witnesses :v I

G. F. WARREN, No. 17 Graeeckurch Street, Londen, E. C. C, GOOCH, 34 Southampton Buildings, London. 

